Fallen troops 'silver platter' upon which we received state

Barak announces war monument to memorialize Israel's 22,684 fallen soldiers and security personnel to be erected on Mount Herzl; nation marks Remembrance Day.

Israel plans to establish a national war monument in Jerusalem to honor the memory of the 22,684 soldiers and security personnel who have fallen defending the land of Israel since 1860 – the year the first Jews left Jerusalem’s Old City walls to settle other parts of the country.

A few hours before the beginning of Remembrance Day, which began with a minute-long siren at 8 p.m. Sunday night, Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced plans to erect the new monument, during a ceremony at its future location on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

“As a society we owe a great moral debt to bereaved families,” Barak said. “In its 62 years of independence this country has stood before complicated challenges and overcome them due to the generation after generation of talented youth who were, and still are, prepared to defend this country with their lives.”


"Fallen troops 'silver platter' upon which we received state"